Back in February, I wrote about A Mario Kart theory of media and economics. I learned today that a researcher from Boston University, Andrew Bell, had already an academic paper about using the Mario-Kart balance principles to help with environmental governance (behind a paywall). Bell’s paper is also covered by Boston University’s research magazine.

Let’s hope that Blue Shell theory gets more attention. It also occurrs to me that the basic concept (giving better/more resources to those who need it more) is also a video-game version of Marx’s “to each according to his needs”.

Also, it’s really too bad that academic papers are pay-walled.